System and method of enhanced distribution of pharmaceuticals in long-term care facilities

摘要

A system and related methods of enhanced distribution of pharmaceuticals in long-term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines each positioned in a long-term care facility remote from a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server and in communication therewith, and long-term care facility pharmacy management computer programs associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to enhance use of the one or more of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines The long-term care facility management computer programs include a patient prescription receiver and a medication dispensing apparatus administrator and are configured and operable to transmit dispensing instructions to the one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines when no drug conflicts exist to thereby initiate packaging and dispensing of one or more disposable patient dosing packages.

主权项

1. A system to facilitate enhanced use of two or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines in a plurality of long-teem care facilities when in communication with a communications network and one or more remote long-term care facility pharmacy management servers, the system comprising:
two or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines positioned at each of a plurality of long-term care facilities, each of the two or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines being positioned remote from, and adapted to be in communication with, one or more long-term care facility pharmacy management servers associated with a long-term care facility remote pharmacy via a communications network, each of the plurality of long-team care facilities remote from the long-term' care facility remote pharmacy, the one or more long-term care facility pharmacy management servers including non-transitory, tangible memory medium to store long-term care facility management computer programs, the long-term care facility management computer programs including:
a patient prescription receiver to receive one or more patient medication prescription orders, anda medication dispensing apparatus administrator to selectively remote control the two or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machine functions; the long-term care facility management computer programs also being configured and operable to:
verify, at the long-term care facility remote pharmacy, the one or more patient medication prescription orders received from one or more pharmaceutical prescription document processors when positioned in communication with the two or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines to thereby enhance reduction of medication order errors;compare one or more digital images of the one or more patient medication prescription orders with one or more of a patient medication profile, a patient diagnosis profile, and a drug interaction profile, to thereby enhance reduction of drug conflicts;determine, responsive to the one or more patient medication prescription orders, whether drug conflicts exist; andtransmit dispensing instructions to the two or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines via the communications network when no drug conflicts exist to thereby initiate packaging and dispensing of one or more disposable patient dosing packages at the two or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines.